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September 15th, 2011

September 15, 2011

PROVIDENCE â€“ With enough time gone by to gain perspective since Hurricane Irene left the state in the dark for days, the Senate Housing and Municipal Government Committee held the first of two public hearings Thursday on the state Emergency Management Agency's, the National Guard's and National Grid's performance during and after the storm.

September 15, 2011

NORTH PROVIDENCE --- One not-so-great half of soccer resulted in North Smithfield Highâ€™s first loss of the season on Thursday afternoon.
North Providence High received a pair of second-half goals from Alexander Mendoza to break a 1-1 tie and soar to a 3-1 triumph over the Northmen in their battle of Division III-North unbeatens at the Ricci Athletic Complex.

September 15, 2011

PROVIDENCE - Besides looking at the thousands of runners and walkers lined on Francis Street for the start of the CVS Caremark Downtown 5K, thereâ€™s something else that puts a smile on the face of race director Charlie Breagy.
Itâ€™s good weather.

September 15, 2011

Doris E. Crockett

HARRISVILLE- Doris E. "Daisy" (Sheldon) Crockett, 88, of Harrisville, RI and formerly a longtime resident of Douglas died Sat. Sept. 3, 2011 in Providence. She was the wife of the late Fred E. Crockett Jr. who died in 1998.
Mrs. Crockett was born in Harrisville, RI on May 16, 1923, the daughter of the late B. Wilson and Ethel (Ballou) Sheldon. She was a 1943 graduate of the former Milford Hospital School of Nursing in Milford and had been a resident of Douglas since 1959 prior to moving to Harrisville, RI.

September 15, 2011

Pauline A.
Lefebvre Sevigny

NO. SMITHFIELD- Pauline A. (Rasmusson) Lefebvre Sevigny, died Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at the age of 78, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Alfred Lefebvre and the late Robert J. Sevigny. Daughter of the late Dorothy Rasmusson Algeri and Rocco Algeri, she was born in Waltham, MA.

September 14th

September 14, 2011

Carnell Henderson is aware of the burden heâ€™s placed on his Woonsocket assistant coaches. The head coach, who continues to come along after undergoing surgery in early August to repair a torn tendon in quadriceps muscle of his left leg, knows that just like the players have to step up their game whenever thereâ€™s an absence, so too does his staff.
The idea is to keep things as close to the status quo as possible until Henderson returns to the sidelines, which he is optimistic will happen this season.

September 14, 2011

Members of Amy Jarret's family, including her mother, Marilyn Trudeau, and her father, Aram Jarret, Jr., seated center, as well as her siblings and nieces and nephews as well as family friends, listen as Amy's sister, Alicia Curran, pays tribute to her sister during a 10th anniversary memorial service at Memorial Square in North Smithfield Wednesday evening. Amy Jarret was a flight attendant from North Smithfield who died on United Airlines Flight 175 at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (photo by Ernest A. Brown)

September 14, 2011

NORTH SMITHFIELD â€” They began lining up a half-hour before the doors opened, some hoping to score some swag and grand-opening freebies, while others were looking to get an early start on their shopping.
Even more were there because they were just curious to see what it looked like.
In each case, Wal-Mart Supercenter #2225 didn't disappoint.
About 60 early birds came out Wednesday morning as Wal-Mart celebrated the opening of its new North Smithfield store at Dowling Village with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and free coffee just before the store opened its doors to customers at 7:30.

September 14, 2011

WOONSOCKET -- A city mom voicing anxiety and frustration over her child-rearing responsibilities allegedly assaulted her 16-month-old son in front of her own mother Monday afternoon, tossing him to the floor and fracturing his left shoulder.
Police charged Felicia P. Taylor, 24, of 44 Burnside Ave., with first-degree child abuse over the assault after investigating the incident on Tuesday.
The baby was initially taken to Landmark Medical Center by Taylor and family members and subsequently transported to Hasbro Children's Hospital for further treatment.